COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Here are key dates in the political career of former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard and the investigation that led to his resignation and guilty pleas to campaign finance charges Friday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Richland County coroner says final autopsy results leave no doubt that South Carolina Hospitality Association Executive Director Tom Sponseller killed himself.
Authorities say an 8-year-old boy from Gastonia, N.C., has drowned in a pool at a Myrtle Beach hotel.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard was sentenced to five years probation and 300 hours of public service after pleading guilty to violating state ethics laws and resigning from office.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Glenn McConnell says it's a sad moment for him but a reassuring day for South Carolina.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a nude Marine who took a fire truck in Port Royal and hit six vehicles and killed a pedestrian last month was already facing federal charges.
Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard was sentenced to five years probation and 300 hours of public service after pleading guilty to violating state ethics laws and resigning from office.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ With students in the United States owing more than $1 trillion in student loans, a seminar being held in Charleston is focusing on helping students learn how to pay the rising costs of attending college.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Lexington County teaching assistant accused of having sex with a special needs student in Cayce and Mount Pleasant faces similar charges in Richland County.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the changing of 200 grades at Beaufort High School.
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Anderson Independent Mail publisher Mike Jameson is leaving to take a job in Pennsylvania.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The City of Charleston is warning James Island residents they are running out of time if they want to join the city.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Summerville man has been charged with animal abuse after four underweight horses were found on his property.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Lt. Gov. Ken Ard resigned Friday amid a criminal investigation into whether he spent campaign money on personal items.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a nude Marine who took a fire truck in Port Royal and hit six vehicles and killed a pedestrian last month was already facing federal charges.
Former Lt. Governor Ken Ard has pleaded guilty to seven counts of violating the State Ethics Act.
Final autopsy results were released Friday for Tom Sponseller, the former President of the State Hospitality Association who was found dead in a Downtown Columbia parking garage last month.
Just hours after Ken Ard resigned from his position as the Lt. Governor, Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a grand jury has indicted Ard on seven counts of ethics violations.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — With students in the United States owing more than $1 trillion in student loans, a seminar being held in Charleston is focusing on helping students learn how to pay the rising costs of attending college.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — A high school teacher in Mount Pleasant who was fired for showing a movie clip from the film "Jackass Number 2" wants his job back.
